Certified Agile Service Manager Agile and Scrum Fundamentals 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In an Agile retrospective, which format asks the team to identify what to Start, Stop, and Continue?
- 4Ls Retrospective
- Starfish Retrospective
- Start-Stop-Continue (Correct answer)
- Mad-Sad-Glad
Correct answer: Start-Stop-Continue
The Start-Stop-Continue retrospective format directly asks the team to categorize actions into three buckets for improvement.
Question 2: Which Scrum artifact provides transparency into the work selected for the Sprint and the plan to deliver it?
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Backlog (Correct answer)
- Increment
- Definition of Done
Correct answer: Sprint Backlog
The Sprint Backlog contains the Sprint Goal, selected Product Backlog items, and the team's plan for delivering the Increment.
Question 3: What is 'velocity' in Agile project management?
- The speed at which developers write code
- The average amount of work a team completes per Sprint (Correct answer)
- The time it takes to deploy a release
- The number of bugs fixed per week
Correct answer: The average amount of work a team completes per Sprint
Velocity measures how much work (in story points or similar units) a team typically completes in a single Sprint.
Question 4: Which Agile Manifesto value prioritizes 'Responding to change' over following a plan?
- Value 1
- Value 2
- Value 3
- Value 4 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Value 4
The fourth Agile Manifesto value states: 'Responding to change over following a plan.'
Question 5: In Scrum, what event provides the opportunity for the team to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog?
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review (Correct answer)
- Sprint Retrospective
Correct answer: Sprint Review
The Sprint Review is held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the Increment and gather stakeholder feedback to adapt the backlog.
Question 6: What does 'Done' mean in the context of Scrum's Definition of Done?
- The developer has finished coding the feature
- The feature has passed code review only
- A shared understanding of the quality standards an Increment must meet (Correct answer)
- Management has approved the feature for release
Correct answer: A shared understanding of the quality standards an Increment must meet
The Definition of Done is a formal description of the quality standards that must be met before an Increment is considered complete.
Question 7: Which scaling Agile framework organizes teams into 'Agile Release Trains' (ARTs)?
- LeSS
- Nexus
- SAFe (Correct answer)
- DAD
Correct answer: SAFe
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) uses the Agile Release Train as its primary organizing construct for coordinating multiple teams.
Certified Agile Service Manager Agile and Scrum Fundamentals 3
In an Agile retrospective, which format asks the team to identify what to Start, Stop, and Continue?